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In this paper, we have proposed a routing protocol named adaptive node clustering technique for smart ocean underwater sensor network (SOSNET). SOSNET employs a moth flame optimizer (MFO) based technique for selecting a near optimal number of clusters required for routing. MFO is a bio inspired optimization technique, which takes into account the movement of moths towards light. The SOSNET algorithm is compared with other bio inspired algorithms such as comprehensive learning particle swarm optimization (CLPSO), ant colony optimization (ACO), and gray wolf optimization (GWO). All these algorithms are used for routing optimization. The performance metrics used for this comparison are transmission range of nodes, node density, and grid size. These parameters are varied during the simulation, and the results indicate that SOSNET performed better than other algorithms.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19051145","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,7]],"date-time":"2019-03-07T10:52:22Z","timestamp":1551955942000},"page":"1145","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Adaptive Node Clustering Technique for Smart Ocean under Water Sensor Network (SOSNET)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Mehr Yahya","family":"Durrani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus, Attock 43600, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rehan","family":"Tariq","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus, Attock 43600, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8737-2154","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Farhan","family":"Aadil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus, Attock 43600, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2709-0849","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muazzam","family":"Maqsood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus, Attock 43600, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3318-9394","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yunyoung","family":"Nam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Soonchunhyang University, Asan 31538, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Khan","family":"Muhammad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Software, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Cater, N.E., Eng, P., and O\u2019Reilly, T. 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